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IZVESTIYA ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC PHYSICS
Volume 54, Issue 1, Pages 10-24Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433818010115
Keywords
temperature anomalies; Barents Sea; sea ice; atmospheric circulation; blocking anticyclone; backward trajectories
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- Russian Science Foundation [14-17-00647]
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [17-05-561]
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On the basis of observational data on daily mean surface air temperature (SAT) and sea ice concentration (SIC) in the Barents Sea (BS), the characteristics of strong positive and negative winter SAT anomalies in Moscow have been studied in comparison with BS SIC data obtained in 1949-2016. An analysis of surface backward trajectories of air-particle motions has revealed the most probable paths of both cold and warm air invasions into Moscow and located regions that mostly affect strong winter SAT anomalies in Moscow. Atmospheric circulation anomalies that cause strong winter SAT anomalies in Moscow have been revealed. Changes in the ways of both cold and warm air invasions have been found, as well as an increase in the frequency of blocking anticyclones in 2005-2016 when compared to 1970-1999. The results suggest that a winter SIC decrease in the BS in 2005-2016 affects strong winter SAT anomalies in Moscow due to an increase in the frequency of occurrence of blocking anticyclones to the south of and over the BS.
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